A Vegetation Index qualifying pasture edges is related to Ixodes ricinus density and to Babesia divergens seroprevalence in dairy cattle herds

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 101-109

  Agoulon, Albert ^a   Malandrin, Laurence ^b   Lepigeon, Florent ^a   Vénisse, Maxime ^a   Bonnet, Sarah ^c   Becker, Claire A M ^a,d   Hoch, Thierry ^b   Bastian, Suzanne ^a   Plantard, Olivier ^b   Beaudeau, François ^a  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cattle protozoa; Piroplasmosis; Risk factors; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BIOTOPE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASTURE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VEGETATION INDEX;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; IXODES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84858293259     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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